THE MEDIA BUSINESS

THE MEDIA BUSINESS; Turner in Feature Film Deal

Published: March 2, 1994

ATLANTA, March 1—
Turner Pictures said today that it had signed an exclusive first-look, multiyear feature film production deal with the producer Dawn Steel, in the first major signing of a production group by Turner Pictures.

Turner Broadcasting System Inc., the parent company of Turner Pictures, recently entered the film production business with its acquisitions of Castle Rock Entertainment and New Line Cinema.

Under the agreement, Ms. Steel and Atlas Entertainment, a company newly formed by Ms. Steel; her husband, the producer Charles Roven, and his partner, Bob Cavallo, will produce films for Turner Pictures. Atlas will produce two to three films a year, including live action and animation.

Ms. Steel is a former president of Columbia Pictures and a former president of production for Paramount Pictures. She most recently produced the films "Cool Runnings" and "Sister Act II" for the Walt Disney Company.